this looks like a hard way to load coke , from the photo i assume that the men on the ground level shovel the coke on to the hanging platforms then the men on the platform shovel it into the cars.
Jim

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I have a set of 4 paints im selling from Badger, there Acrylic's

I just prefer to have all Polly Scale's paints, and these are Badger paints. I couldnt find the BNSF colors in Polly Scale Paints, but now i did, should have just waited lol

Paints include:

BNSF SILVER
BNSF ORANGE
BNSF GREEN
BNSF YELLOW

got them listed on e-bay for $12.00 for the set: http://cgi.ebay.com/Badger-BNSF-Colors-1...0176340522

I was working on a diesel fueling platform today, eyeballing up the size of the storage tanks to look right for the project. I felt that 2 tanks for #2 oil were needed and 1 for lube oil would work out fine. I cut up some heavy card board cylinders to size, they will be covered by a styrene wrapper with rivet detail on it. Then I wondered what the capacities of the tanks were? I racked my brain for a while trying to remember some 5th grade geometry, it seams that my old age (35 ) has to crept up on me when I wasn't looking. I just can't remember how to find the square footage of a cylinder and convert it to gallons. Please help..... the measurements are : diesel fuel- 29 feet in diameter x 13 feet high
lube oil- 13 feet in diameter x 11 feet high

Thanks

Business Trains.
UP has one, BNSF has one. CSX has one. NS has one.
Conrail HAD one.
The Central New England is getting one.

Someone from work gave me this old Athearn F7 shell. He just wanted the drive. I had a drive, with a chewed up shell.
The paint job on this was pretty bad. Lettering and color seperation was horrendous. At first I was going to improve the paint and replace the lettering with decals. Then I decided to make this the power for abusiness train.

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I listed a few more Walthers Cornerstone Buildings on e-bay. all 3 of which have been either kitbashed or custom details added.... If your interested, check them out HERE

went to conpitt and then cresson, pa. this past friday to try out my new digital camera. weather was awsome and there were a lot of trains running too.



todd

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It has come to my attention that a friend of ours who went by the name Spurline over at Zealot has recently passed away. His grandson posted notice over there and is apparently interested in taking up the mantle of the hobby his grandfather loved. A nice tribute. Our condolences to his family.

Ralph

I just tried to send a PM and it is in my outbox, but says it was sent, even though it is still in the outbox and not in the sent items.
This is the first time this has happened, I have sent a few PMs before. Would it have anything to do with my computer being the right time and the forum hasn't come up to Daylight time yet?
Charlie

So it's a bit complicated that some have changed their name from the "other" forum, just wanted to make sure I wouldn't end up talking to the same person but not knowing it on another rr forum.

My name is the same

Hi guys...

Went to a hobby store yesterday and the owner was trying (nicely) to get me to buy a TCS Decoder rather than a Digitrax decoder to go with my Digitrax Zephyr. Now, I'm still very new to the world of decoders, but it started me wondering if there was a big difference between brands. Maybe that particular retailer did more TCS business, I don't really know. But is there a significant difference in decoder brands? I have the Zephyr and thought maybe it was best to stick with the same family of decoders for all my diesels I plan to convert. But do I really need to...or would any other brand due just as well?